The driving behavior survey: Scale construction and validation

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 96-105

  Clapp, Joshua D ^a   Olsen, Shira A ^b   Beck, J Gayle ^b   Palyo, Sarah A ^a   Grant, DeMond M ^a   Gudmundsdottir, Berglind ^a   Marques, Luana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Driving anxiety; Driving behavior; Motor vehicle accidents; Scale development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BALANCED INVENTORY OF DESIRABLE RESPONDING; DRIVING ABILITY; DRIVING AND RIDING AVOIDANCE SCALE; DRIVING ANGER SCALE; DRIVING COGNITIONS QUESTIONNAIRE; DRIVING SKILLS QUESTIONNAIRE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATA COLLECTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650248295     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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